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Wedding (Me Ware Wo) - album

by A.J. Holmes

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    Release 14/01/2013

    Wedding is the electrifying debut release from British-Afro-pop-band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire.

    Fusing afro-pop, soukous and calpyso influences with classic London narratives in the vein of Ian Dury and Squeeze, AJ Holmes and The Hackney Empire have created a feel-good soundtrack for 21st century tropical pearly kngs and queens.

    Special guests on 'Wedding' include London based Nigerian Afro-grime star Afrikan Boy who features on 'Your Latest Status Up Date', Papa Milo - the guitarist from the Palm Wine Legend S.E. Rogie's band: The Morning Stars - who comes onboard the cover of his bands song 'Do Me Justice'; Kastro, the Congolese MC who features on Fraudian Slip and the celebrated Sierra Leonean musician Folo Graff, who joins the group for the Story Of The New Electric Hi-Life.
     
    Influenced by London's rich cultural melting pot 'Wedding' is a union of cultures; where Africa meets London and falls in love! Wedding (pronounced Vedding) is also a district of Berlin where A.J. met Les Beaux Gosses de Berlin who taught him to play Soukous, hot housed him in the Congolese community and fed him with their beautiful musical history (which served as inspiration for most of the songs on the album).

    Wedding embodies the mad professor genius of AJ Holmes, who fuses wildly different genres of music together with such a deft hand that you'd think they had always walked hand in hand. Take, for example, the Pan African guitar styles that are woven together with English lyrical wit and satirical observations that can only come from a man born and bred in deepest Barking & Dagenham. AJ's partners in crime (Abi, Ged, Martyn and Sabine) are the eponymous 'The Hackney Empire'; a multi-cutural tribe of über-talented musicians who bring even more colour to a fluorescently bright palette of sounds.

    Mastered by the same people behind Paul Simon's Graceland, DJ's have been scrambling to offer up remixes of Wedding, check out the ones we have for you here by João Brasil, who took a break from his official remixes of CSS, Bonde do Rolê, and N.A.S.A to take on 'Do me Justice'; Konrad Old Money, fresh from his collaboration with The Creators Project takes on The Story Of The New Electric Hi-Life, and extra-hot London based South African/British producer/DJ Moroka (The Very Best co producer) who takes a spin on 'I'll Never Forget You'

    Stream Wedding remixes:
    soundcloud.com/ajholmesthehackneyempire/sets/wedding-remixed/
     
    Wedding is the debut album for AJ Holmes and the Hackney Empire, but word has already been spreading like wildfire. Having pricked the ears of white-hot electro producer duo Radioclit (M.I.A, The Very Best, Amadou & Mariam) to become their resident house band at their Secousse club, they released their debut single 'Fraudian Slip' in 2011, (also produced by Radioclit) to critical acclaim. Even Billy Bragg wants to join the melee; keep an eye out for his cameo in their new video  A13 Trunk Road To The Sea: 
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXsm81FkBo&feature=youtu.be

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In my life I've drunk a lot And I've stay up some nights, then I really should have not Well all these things can take there toll And leave a man with little recollection, if any at all So my friends and family please forgive Me if I seem a little glib But all these things that I forget There is one thing that did not happen yet That I would ever forget you I will never forget you I forgot my brother's birthday, that was bad I forgot my other glove, now I can only use one hand I forgot which airport I was leaving from and missed my plan And disappointed my mother; she thought I was coming home again So my friends and family please forgive Me if I seem a little glib But all these things that I forget There is one thing that did not happen yet That I would ever forget you I will never forget you Well I forget my mobile phone when I was walking out the door And my key also; they were left upon the floor And I've gotten everything else I forget, as if that wasn't enough Sometimes I forget my manners and come across a little rough So my friends and family please forgive Me if I seem a little glib But all these things that I forget There is one thing that did not happen yet That I would ever forget you I will never forget you X2 Oh muma, Oh muma ma, Oh muma, Oh muma ma, etc...
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Baby don't you know I can't wait To hear your latest status up date You know I'm waiting for the news Cos each day Can feel so grey and empty So drop the line and fill me with your wisdom once again All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is Tell us WHAT ON YOUR MIND "Hay Honey you need a Status update.... Cos lover just left, with a Younger, Taller, Darker, Richer, Smarter, Charismatic ...and to up that all off!" He's such a nice guy His everybody's best friend And feel your life just might end Cos miss him so bad Well get on your feet again And stand up straight cos all you needs a Status Update To give life meaning once again. All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is Tell us WHAT ON YOUR MIND log in - log out - log in - log out -log -in - log out - log - off log in - log out - log in - log out - Log in - log out - log off log in - log out - log in - log out -log -in - log out - log - off log in - log out - log in - log out - Log in - log out - log off I'm siting... right next to you but can't get through We could use a little interface That's way Baby don't you know I can't wait To hear your latest status up date You know I'm waiting for the news All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE All ya gotta do is Tell us WHAT ON YOUR MIND
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Can't you feel the night so very cold The bed and blankets oh so cold Pull me closer and put out the light and then Do you justice! Oh darling please do, I said dome justice now. No brand of whiskey can do it right No number of blanket can keep me warm So hold me closes and put out the light and then do me justice Oh darling make hast, there's no more time to waste now Now that I am feeling fine, please paw me a class of beer Give me a single cigarette and tell sweet stories Tell me that you love me honey, oh do me justice now darling please kiss me good night, sleep well while you dream of me but before you do we're gonna take it down... "Oh darling it's gone past midnight, and wont you do me justice now?" " OK honey I will come along now" Oh darling please do, Do me justice now
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Well history recalls That every empire will rise and it will full Every dog will have it's day In the sun, then fade away And the higher you climb The greater the decline From the bottom to the top Get get ready for the drop Cos if you ask me how far we will go I'll tell you that I do not know But if you ask if I know our aim is true Then I'll tell you, I do But it could all fall apart on a whim Until then We had Come Here To Bury Caecar and Not To Praise Him Well it may come as some comfort to us all To know there's always someone out there somewhere plotting your down full And that could explain this feeling of unease Supposition of shadows and sudden movements in the trees But don't run from what you can't see Cos you might run directly into danger And supply has always exceeded demand So why worry now about your future Cos if you ask me how far we will go I'll tell you I do not know But if you as if I know our aim is true Then I'll tell you, I do But it could all fall apart on a whim Until then We had Come Here To Bury Caecar and Not To Praise Him And we come here to reminded you Of the things the lay behind you We come here to reminded you of the things that come before And we come here to reminded you Of the things the lay behind you We come here to reminded you of the things that come before And we come here to reminded you Of the things the lay behind you We come here to reminded you of the things that come before And we come here to reminded you Of the things the lay behind you We come here to reminded you of the things that come before
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I want you I kid you not, I really think I like you Cos I can feel you However near or far you really are, I know when your approaching And good luck always follows you Our eye met As soon as you walked in the room I knew, that we would make it Cos I know you Although I can't remember in which life, it was we first meet But you'd impressed me Because your young you love life and life loves you, and that's pure Uncompromising Unconditional Uncomplicated And it's true Good luck always follows you I've got a good feeling Call it intuition, call it naive A rendition Of that beautiful song that your grandparents sung That you'd forgotten But stayed with you Unnoticed But still an asset Waiting in line for the day To make you smile And that's why Good luck always follows you
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If you ever have to go to Shoeburyness Take the A road, the okay road that's the best Go motorin' on the A13 Well, if you're looking for a thrill that's new Take in Fords, Dartford Tunnel and the river too Go motorin' on the A13 It starts down in Wapping There ain't no stopping By-pass Barking and straight through Dagenham Down to Grays Thurrock And rather near Basildon Pitsea, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh-On-Sea, Chalkwell, Prittlewell Southend's the end If you ever have to go to Shoeburyness Take the A road, the okay road that's the best Go motorin' on the A13 It starts down in Wapping There ain't no stopping By-pass Barking and straight through Dagenham Down to Grays Thurrock And rather near Basildon Pitsea, Thundersley, Hadleigh, Leigh-On-Sea, Chalkwell, Prittlewell Southend's the end If you ever have to go to Shoeburyness Take the A road, the okay road that's the best Go motorin' on the A13 Go motorin' on the A13 Go motorin' on the A13

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Release 14/01/2013

Wedding is the electrifying debut release from British-Afro-pop-band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire.

Fusing afro-pop, soukous and calpyso influences with classic London narratives in the vein of Ian Dury and Squeeze, AJ Holmes and The Hackney Empire have created a feel-good soundtrack for 21st century tropical pearly kngs and queens.

Special guests on 'Wedding' include London based Nigerian Afro-grime star Afrikan Boy who features on 'Your Latest Status Up Date', Papa Milo - the guitarist from the Palm Wine Legend S.E. Rogie's band: The Morning Stars - who comes onboard the cover of his bands song 'Do Me Justice'; Kastro, the Congolese MC who features on Fraudian Slip and the celebrated Sierra Leonean musician Folo Graff, who joins the group for the Story Of The New Electric Hi-Life.
 
Influenced by London's rich cultural melting pot 'Wedding' is a union of cultures; where Africa meets London and falls in love! Wedding (pronounced Vedding) is also a district of Berlin where A.J. met Les Beaux Gosses de Berlin who taught him to play Soukous, hot housed him in the Congolese community and fed him with their beautiful musical history (which served as inspiration for most of the songs on the album).

Wedding embodies the mad professor genius of AJ Holmes, who fuses wildly different genres of music together with such a deft hand that you'd think they had always walked hand in hand. Take, for example, the Pan African guitar styles that are woven together with English lyrical wit and satirical observations that can only come from a man born and bred in deepest Barking & Dagenham. AJ's partners in crime (Abi, Ged, Martyn and Sabine) are the eponymous 'The Hackney Empire'; a multi-cutural tribe of über-talented musicians who bring even more colour to a fluorescently bright palette of sounds.

Mastered by the same people behind Paul Simon's Graceland, DJ's have been scrambling to offer up remixes of Wedding, check out the ones we have for you here by João Brasil, who took a break from his official remixes of CSS, Bonde do Rolê, and N.A.S.A to take on 'Do me Justice'; Konrad Old Money, fresh from his collaboration with The Creators Project takes on The Story Of The New Electric Hi-Life, and extra-hot London based South African/British producer/DJ Moroka (The Very Best co producer) who takes a spin on 'I'll Never Forget You'

Stream Wedding remixes:
soundcloud.com/ajholmesthehackneyempire/sets/wedding-remixed/
 
Wedding is the debut album for AJ Holmes and the Hackney Empire, but word has already been spreading like wildfire. Having pricked the ears of white-hot electro producer duo Radioclit (M.I.A, The Very Best, Amadou & Mariam) to become their resident house band at their Secousse club, they released their debut single 'Fraudian Slip' in 2011, (also produced by Radioclit) to critical acclaim. Even Billy Bragg wants to join the melee; keep an eye out for his cameo in their new video  A13 Trunk Road To The Sea: 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXsm81FkBo&feature=youtu.be

credits

released November 20, 2015

All song written and performed by A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire
*except - Do Me Justice - S.E. Rogie / Trad
and 'A13 Trunk Road To The Sea - Billy Bragg

Produced and mixed by Martyn Potter, A.J. Holmes and Radioclit

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A.J. Holmes London, UK

A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a Musician, Recordist, Big fan of Pan-African music, Lover of 20th Century Architecture and Founder of The Hackney Empire (band)

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